Category ALBUM
I seem to have had a lot of female fronted material recently and this band hailing from Colorado is fronted by the scary Holly whose vocal barking is truly demonic and a match for Simone of Cerebral Bore or Jill… Continue Reading →
Putting pre conceived notions gained from listening to loads of poor bands on this label aside I grabbed this album by the strange sounding Vali Ohm thinking that it might deliver the goods for once. After all the project is… Continue Reading →
I admit to having severe cynicism for one man (or woman) metal projects, as it conjures up images of desperate teenage angst ridden isolationists spreading themselves far too thinly without actually mastering one particular instrument and do it full justice… Continue Reading →
Moonless are a very new name to me and so the only preconception I have of the Danish band is based on the cover; pop art colours, psychedelic tinge, Doomentia records. So. Sludge, stoner, doom kind of area? Well first… Continue Reading →
Aquilus is a one man band from Australia, comprising of Waldorf taking care of all instruments and vocals. Now this doesn’t sound like home produced drivel, but rather a black metal band with a full orchestra when heaviest or a… Continue Reading →
This is Fisthammer’s first official release since their inception in 2008, and they have a fair bit to be proud of. These Pennsylvania face-pounders are not your average death metal band by any means, and have a few extra elements… Continue Reading →
Originally founded in 1997 as a covers band, then subsequently re-grouped in 2008 (after a short reunion around 2003), Cyclophonia are another epic power metal band fromNorway. There are ever present comparisons in the melodies to Finnish powerhouses Sonata Arctica,… Continue Reading →
A brand spanking new band called Trioscapes has landed on my laptop, Experimental Jazz Fusion including a member of Between The Buried And Me? Well this is new! After only being together for just a year, the band are on… Continue Reading →
I have been following Cattle Decapitation on album since ‘To Serve Man’ first hit the doorstep like a hunk of raw meat and caught my attention. This is music that follows in the grand tradition laid down by Carcass and… Continue Reading →
Spawn Of Possession’s first album, Cabinet, was a minor favourite of mine – coming hot on the heels of Visceral Bleeding’s own storming debut on which two members of SoP lent their talents. Their more technical and meandering brand of… Continue Reading →
The ‘Suomi Metal Star’ award is a prestigious ‘Battle of the Bands’ style award given out in Finland, (think the X-Factor but with artistic merit), and Oddland were the recipients of this coveted award last year having won over the… Continue Reading →
Nachtblut, as you might imagine from the name, are of Germanic origin. Translated into English, “Nightblood” doesn’t quite sound the same. Like a number of other bands, notably Rammstein, they make best use of the expressiveness and harshness of the… Continue Reading →